TACLOBAN
CITY, Dec. 14 (PNA) -– The Department of Health (DOH) has delivered 200
wheelchairs for free to residents in Leyte province with walking
impairment.
On Wednesday, the provincial government distributed
the wheelchairs to recipients in the towns of Carigara, Tanauan, Dulag
and Barugo.
Priority in the distribution are those who were not
able to walk after suffering diabetes and born with health problems that
make them incapable of walking.
“This is a comprehensive program
of the previous administration of DOH that has been continued. We are
just so grateful that we are given the chance to do this. No job in the
whole world gives you that much satisfaction unlike when you help those
who are in need like the people who cannot walk,” said Vice Governor
Carlo Loreto.
Loreto clarified that the distribution of
wheelchairs is based on the referral of the local social welfare
development office or village officials who provided them the names of
potential beneficiaries.
Gracia Asis, a resident of Roxas village
in Dulag town had been looking for a wheelchair for her daughter,
Gladys, who is suffering hydrocephalus.
Asis went to the municipal social welfare office of Dulag town on Monday to ask if they could provide her a wheelchair.
“They told me to wait for it. I did not expect this fast. We are thankful to those who helped us,” Asis said.(PNA)
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